I know the headline sounds/looks silly. Of course people are buying DC Comics… Otherwise their books wouldn’t routinely rank so high on the monthly sales charts. I’m just wondering who is buying them– and how many DC titles they are purchasing every 30 days. Most people I know are buying 1, 2… Maybe 3 series… So where are the big sales numbers coming from? I don’t know of one single person in my sphere of family and friends who is buying 10, 20, 30 or (gulp) all 52 DC comics every month.

The big sales numbers lead me to one conclusion… While fandom has been making fun of Marvel Zombies (comic fans who will buy anything with the name Marvel Comics plastered on it) for years– there has to be a DC equivalent. There’s no way retailers are idiotic enough in these (still) tough economic times to repeatedly stock up on DC comics that don’t sell… So someone is buying these books regularly. Given that the number of comic fans has shrunk so much in the last 10 to 15 years (with the industry only now experiencing an uptick from comics being available on various digital devices), that can only mean there are lots of DC Zombies out there.

But that nickname seems dated and unoriginal. What should we call them? DC Deviants?DC Doinks? I tell you what… The person who comes up with the best new nickname for DC Zombies will get a special prize from yours truly… So start adding your ideas in the comment section below! Anyone can enter!